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How do you start small and grow global? Where do you get started?

January 11, 2019September 23, 2013 by businesscircle

Group shot of cheriatone’s staff By Alvin Ung Tap into your passion. Do what you love whether it is your vocation or avocation. As a child growing up in Ke

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Brothers in Arms

December 17, 2018August 30, 2013 by businesscircle

United Plantations – Carl Bek-Nielsen During my visit at United Plantations, Carl Bek-Nielsen, the chief executive director, invited me to his home for dinner. Carl’s brother, Martin, joined us. Martin is Executive Director (Finance and Marketing) at UP. Both their wives joined us for dinner. At dinner I got the sense that Carl is the … Read moreBrothers in Arms

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How to fly high and stay grounded

December 17, 2018August 30, 2013 by businesscircle

Carl Bek-Nielsen talks about the history and evolution of palm at the Jendarata plantation. By Alvin Ung One of my biggest highlights during my two-day trip to United Plantations was when Dato’ Carl Bek-Nielsen carried my bags and buckled my seatbelt. He fired up the Cessna 180. And off we went up in the sky. … Read moreHow to fly high and stay grounded

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Sustainability

December 17, 2018August 26, 2013 by businesscircle

By Alvin Ung  Oil palm fruits ready for collection. Carefully I entered the killing fields. Skulls and bones crunched underneath my feet. “You’re walking on a graveyard,” Carl Bek-Nielsen, the CEO of United Plantations, told me as I squinted against the noonday sun to get a glimpse of the mass murderers. But the barn owls … Read moreSustainability

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Giving back: The secret to getting the most out of people in one of the world’s best plantations

January 11, 2019August 26, 2013 by businesscircle

By Alvin Ung United Plantations – Carl Bek-Nielsen As our bright-red Mercedes Benz four-wheel drive screeched to a halt, Datuk Carl Bek-Nielsen, the blue-e

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What good can come out of palm oil?

January 11, 2019August 26, 2013 by businesscircle

By Alvin Ung As I drove off the North-South Highway and entered the Lima Blas estate owned by United Plantations, I couldn’t help thinking: “Here I am, goi

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